Queens of the Stone Age - Making of Lullabies to Paralyze

Queens of the Stone Age - Making of Lullabies to Paralyze

Lullabies to Paralyze is the fourth studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on March 22, 2005. The album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 and has sold 97,000 copies. copies in America during its first week of release, eventually surpassing 342,000 copies as of March 2007 according to Nielsen Soundscan. The album was certified gold in the UK, where it sold over 100,000 units. It is also the band's first album to be released after bassist Nick Oliveri was fired from the band. Singer/guitarist Josh Homme and vocalist Mark Lanegan are the only members of the previous album, Songs for the Deaf, to play on this album and it is the first album to feature drummer Joey Castillo and guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen. Tracklist All songs written by Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo, except where noted. All of the lyrics were written by Homme, with the exception of the additional lyrics to "Medication", "Tangled Up in Plaid" and Mark Lanegan's "Long Slow Goodbye".

Tracklist:
01. "This Lullaby"
02. "Drugs"
03. "Everyone Knows You're Crazy"
04. "Tangled Up in Plaid"
05. "Burn the Witch"
06. "In My Head"
07. "Little Sister"
08. "I Never Came"
09. "Someone's in the Wolf"
10. "The Blood Is Love"
11. "Skin on Skin"
12. "Broken Box"
13. "You Got a Killer Scene There, Man..."
14. "Long Slow Goodbye"


Personnel :
Josh Homme – lead vocals (all but 1), guitar (all but 6), bass (5, 6, 8 (chorus), 12, 13, 14), piano (12), drums (8, 12), percussion ( 8, 10, 12), claps (13), whispers (1)

Troy Van Leeuwen – guitar (4, 6, 9, 11–14), bass (2, 7, 8, 11), lap steel (2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 14), piano (4) , keyboards (11), handclaps (13), backing vocals (6)

Joey Castillo – drums (all but 1), piano (6, 8, 14), percussion (3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14), claps (13)

Guest appearances:
Alain Johannes – guitar on tracks 5, 6, 7 and 11, bass on tracks 3, 4 and 9, flute and Marxophone on track 9, backing vocals on 12, telephone on 14

Mark Lanegan – lead vocals on "This Lullaby", lead vocals on "Precious and Grace" and backing vocals on "Burn the Witch" and "You Got a Killer Scene There Man..."

Chris Goss – backing vocals on "You Got a Killer Scene There Man...", "Someone's in the Wolf" and "Burn the Witch"

Billy Gibbons – guitar and backing vocals on "Burn the Witch", guitar and co-vocals on "Precious and Grace", guitar on "Like a Drug"

Dave Catching – lead guitar on "The Blood Is Love"

Jack Black – claps and stomps "Burn the Witch", and is also seen contributing similarly to "Broken Box"

Jesse Hughes – flute on "Someone's in the Wolf"

Shirley Manson – backing vocals on "You Got a Killer Scene There, Man..."

Brody Dalle – backing vocals on "You Got a Killer Scene There Man..."

Joe Barresi - triangle on "Tangled Up in Plaid"

The Main Street Horns – tuba and baritone trombone on "I Never Came",
"Someone's in the Wolf" and "Skin on Skin"
Josh Freese – co-wrote "In My Head"


00:00 Intro / Little Sister
00:24 Someone's in the Wolf
01:21 Burn the Witch
03:16 Precious and Grace (Billy Gibbons)
05:26 Broken Box
06:02 Medication / Everybody Knows That You Are Insane
06:54 Tangled Up in Plaid
07:50 Long Slow Goodbye
08:43 In My Head / Someone's in the Wolf / Skin on Skin
09:59 The Blood Is Love
11:24 Precious and Grace (Mark Lanegan)

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